Condescended
[,kɔndɪ'sendid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Condescend
Typist: Margery
Examples
- The duke seeing that mine was real agitation and not affectation, condescended to unbend a little. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Each man asked his neighbour for news; and even great English lords and ladies condescended to speak to persons whom they did not know. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Several before your ladyship condescended to favour me with an answer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Beaumanoir saw his mortal apprehension, and condescended to give him some assurance. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The clerk, being a married man, condescended to take an interest in the couple, who appeared to be shopping for their family. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Twice has she condescended to give me her opinion (unasked too! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- On the plain household bread his eye did not dwell; but he surveyed with favour some currant tea-cakes, and condescended to make choice of one. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Close beside him stood Charlotte, opening oysters from a barrel: which Mr. Claypole condescended to swallow, with remarkable avidity. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But you never have condescended to me, as much as I could have wished. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Lord Petersham good-naturedly condescended to answer for the beau. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Every one agreed with her, but no one condescended to enquire what the Beauforts really meant to do. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Her sister, the banker's lady, occasionally condescended to pay her old home and companion a visit in Russell Square. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Already the doors had all been shut and the whistle blown, when-- My dear Watson, said a voice, you have not even condescended to say good-morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He is the kind of man, indeed, to whom I should never dare refuse anything, which he condescended to ask. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Typist: Margery